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Dear Alan Smith 

RE: Pupils expelled from schools 

Thank you for contacting the council on 15/03/2025.

Your case will be assigned to an officer and you should receive their
details soon.

Please use this reference number IRC-59066-N0R8G7 when contacting us about
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Our Ref: IRC-59066-N0R8G7

Dear Alan Smith

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your information request received on 15/03/2025.
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

You requested the following information:
The number of pupils expelled from schools within your remit; reasons for
the expulsions; and the names of the schools involved? Could you provide
this information for each of the following academic years?

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

If possible, I would appreciate receiving the data in CSV or Excel format.

Please advise whether complying with any of the questions in my request
(whether individually, in multiples, or all together) would exceed the
appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

[https://legacy.brent.gov.uk/media/164213...

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Number of pupils permanently excluded:

┌──────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│Academic year │ 2019-20 │ 2020-21 │ 2021/22 │ 2022-23 │ 2023/24 │
├──────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┤
│Permanent exclusions │ 14 │ 18 │ 18 │ 26 │ 30 │
└──────────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘

Reasons for permanent exclusion:

┌────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐
│Reason for Permanent exclusions │2019-20│2020-21│2021/22│2022-23│2023/24│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Drug and alcohol related │ 0 │ 0 │ <5 │ <5 │ <5 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Inappropriate Use Of Social │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │ <5 │
│Media Or Online Technology │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Persistent disruptive behaviour │ 5 │ <5 │ 9 │ 15 │ 7 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Physical assault against a Pupil│ <5 │ <5 │ <5 │ 5 │ 7 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Physical assault against an │ 0 │ 0 │ <5 │ 0 │ <5 │
│adult │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Sexual misconduct │ <5 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │ <5 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Theft │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │ <5 │ 0 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Use Or Threat Of Use Of An │ │ │ │ │ │
│Offensive Weapon Or Prohibited │ 0 │ 10 │ <5 │ <5 │ 8 │
│Item │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Verbal abuse/threatening │ <5 │ 0 │ <5 │ <5 │ <5 │
│behaviour against a pupil │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Verbal abuse/threatening │ <5 │ <5 │ <5 │ 0 │ 0 │
│behaviour against an adult │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Other │ <5 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Grand Total │ 14 │ 18 │ 18 │ 26 │ 30 │
└────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

Excluding schools:

┌────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐
│Excluding school │2019-20│2020-21│2021/22│2022-23│2023/24│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Alperton Community School │  │ <5│ 5│ 6│ 5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Ark Academy │  │  │ <5│ <5│  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Ark Elvin Academy │  │  │  │ <5│ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Brentfield Primary School │  │  │ <5│  │  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Capital City Academy │ <5│ <5│ <5│ <5│  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Claremont High School │  │ <5│  │ <5│ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Harris Lowe Academy Willesden │  │  │  │ <5│ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Kingsbury High School │ <5│ 6│ <5│ <5│ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Michaela Community School │ <5│ <5│  │  │  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Newman Catholic College │  │  │  │  │ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Preston Manor School │ <5│  │  │ <5│ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Queens Park Community School │ <5│ <5│ <5│ <5│ 7│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│St Claudine's Catholic School │ <5│  │ <5│  │ <5│
│For Girls │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│St Gregory's Catholic Science │ <5│ <5│  │  │ <5│
│College │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│St Mary's CE JMI School │  │  │  │ <5│  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│St. Gregory's Catholic Science │  │  │ <5│ <5│  │
│College │ │ │ │ │ │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Stonebridge JMI School │  │  │ <5│  │  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│The Crest Academy │  │  │  │ <5│  │
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Wembley High Technology College │  │  │  │  │ <5│
├────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│Grand Total │ 14│ 18│ 18│ 26│ 30│
└────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

If you are dissatisfied with the way, in which your request has been
handled or the outcome, you may request an internal review within two
calendar months of the date of this response by writing to the following
address: 

Freedom of Information
Brent Civic Centre
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Wembley 
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If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or internal
review, you have a right to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113
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I will now close your request as of the date of this letter.  

Yours sincerely 
Suzanne Mccarthy
Performance Manager

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